Elite Mages’ Academy (Web Novel)

Chapter 370: Ambush

News were spreading far and wide in Gold City. Although Xiao Lin had relied on his own identity to bluff a lot of locals, several groups of people have entered the city one after another in recent days. They were clearly dressed like the Chinese, and it signaled that the officials from Dawn Academy were beginning to interfere. Due to the arrest warrant. Xiao Lin felt that it was inconvenient for him to stay too long and set off with Ibeiya that very day.

A few days later, they leave Silver Province and entered orc territory. The place was very barren and there was sand as far as the eye could see, though a couple of exposed oases did exist. The orcs living environment had always been terrible, which is one of the reasons why they were more aggressive.

Dawn Academy had always kept their guard up against the orcs, so towns have been established in the surrounding areas, with some locals migrating there along with orcs who were willing to take refuge. However, the scale of those towns was extremely small, and the size was equivalent to Earth’s small villages at most.

Xiao Lin also learned a lot during that journey. He bought himself a suit of armor and prepared one for Ibeiya too. There were no normal roads outside of Silver Province, and few people along their journey.

Because of that, Silverlight—who had not appeared for several days—showed up once more and floated with them. Xiao Lin knew that the woman was actually very lonely, but after a few days without seeing Silverlight, Xiao Lin noticed a rare look of energy on her face and could not help but ask curiously.

“Your black knight is very interesting.”

Xiao Lin remembered that woman mentioning something about borrowing his black knight to play with. He could not help but frown and asked vigilantly, “What did you guys play?”

“That sword is too small,” Silverlight said without answering the question.

“Huh?”

“It’s too small. It’s not enough for two people to stay inside.”

Xiao Lin rubbed his ears and grinned a little bit. Silverlight originally lived with the black knight in the Holy Soul Sword, which had a special space attached to it. That was a characteristic that he understood when he had the sword made, but he never considered the actual size of that space. In any case, the original undead swordsman would not be able to complain to him anyway.

However, Silverlight was a ghost with her own consciousness. It was obvious that she was dissatisfied with her living environment and expressed strong protest.

Xiao Lin frowned. He was no longer a rookie. He knew that the price of a weapon has a lot to do with its own attributes, and as long as the attributes are related to spatial systems, the value would be very high. A sword that fulfilled Silverlight’s request would be so expensive that Xiao Lin could never even dream of affording.

Seeing Xiao Lin’s hesitation and inclination to reject, she looked down and pointed at his silver ring. “I just need to stay here with your black knight.”

Xiao Lin stared blankly at the storage ring he had just received. His purpose of putting in that much effort to create the ring was not to give Silverlight a new place to stay.

“If you agree, I’ll tell you something.”

Xiao Lin’s spirit was shaken a little and he thought it was about Atlantis again. “What is it? Is it valuable?”

Silverlight continued to play it hard to get. “I don’t know if it’s valuable, but I think it’s very important for you right now.”

Xiao Lin thought about it for less than a few seconds and nodded in agreement. It was not that he did not believe in Silverlight’s words, but rather, he trusted what Onyxia told him in the past. Silverlight was not a vicious woman by nature, and if she said that, perhaps there really was something that he could not ignore.

Silverlight commented gently, “Well, I advise you not to move forward, otherwise you’ll become like me.”

“Become like you?” Xiao Lin murmured a few words, and felt a chill all over his body. Becoming like Silverlight would mean that he would become like a ghost!

He would die!

“Who! Who is it!” Xiao Lin asked quickly.

“I haven’t the faintest clue, but the point is, someone set up a trap in front and is waiting for you. Alright then, you can handle the rest by yourself. ”

Seeing Silverlight leaving, Xiao Lin could not help but ask, “Where’s the black knight? Didn’t you say you were moving house with him earlier?”

“He’s right here,” Silverlight spread out her palm, and in it was a glowing jet-black flame. The flame seemed to have its own thoughts and it shook visibly when he saw Xiao Lin.

Silverlight tsk-ed and looked at Xiao Lin before saying, “This is amazing. He actually recognizes you when he couldn’t even remember the memories in his life. I won’t bother you then.”

After Silverlight finished speaking, her figure gradually faded and she turned into a white light before entering Xiao Lin’s ring. Xiao Lin shook his head begrudgingly and turned his attention to the front.

In addition to the open desert gravel and withered trees, no other thing was in sight. The temperature here was not that high, but the wind was strong. According to the markings on the map, they had to rush forward until evening came before they could reach the small town that Dawn Academy set up there.

Ibeiya approached Xiao Lin slightly and asked nervously in a low voice. “Is someone ambushing us?”

Xiao Lin was silent and he could not tell. If Silverlight had not deceived them, it could only mean that the person in ambush was stronger than him. That was far from good news. He lowered his head and quietly whispered in Ibeiya’s ear, saying, “Don’t say anything. We’ll retreat.”

Xiao Lin was not sure who he had offended, but he felt that he ought not to stay there.

He remained calm and turned before speeding up his pace with Ibeiya. In any case, they would have to head back to Gold City before deciding further. Barely a few steps later, the wind and sand around him suddenly became violent and his visibility quickly decreased. Xiao Lin decisively took out the Holy Soul Sword and shielded Ibeiya behind him.

“Come out! I see you!” Xiao Lin suddenly roared.

A few minutes later, a man in a gray robe walked out slowly, just as Xiao Lin was getting overly suspicious. The wind and sand around him seemed to have no effect on him. When they were close enough to see each other’s appearance, both Xiao Lin and Ibeiya opened their mouths wide in surprise.

The person was none other than the mysterious man they saw in Hammerhead’s residence, the one who stared at Xiao Lin with a hunter’s eyes and left a deep impression on Xiao Lin. According to Ibeiya, that person might be a dark elf.

How could it be him!

Xiao Lin was alert yet had plenty of doubts, but the other party had a strange expression as well and looked even more shocked than Xiao Lin.

“This is impossible!” The other party spoke in Normese and asked sharply, “How did you even sense me! With your ability, it’s impossible that you’re able to locate me!

“Ah, forget it. It doesn’t matter. I wanted to bring you away, but it looks like things will probably be a little more troublesome now. I advise you to come back willingly with me,” the dark elf quickly added in an indifferent tone.